Krishnaraaj Mahadik claimed his maiden BRDC British Formula 3
victory in race two of the weekend on the magnificent full Brands
Hatch Grand Prix circuit, after he finished second on
track but was promoted to the win after on the road victor
Toby Sowery failed eligibility in post-race scrutineering. The
Carlin duo of James Pull and Enaam Ahmed finished second and third
respectively.

After finishing eighth in race one of the weekend, Mahadik, who
returned to BRDC British F3 this weekend, started on pole and he
duly led into Paddock Hill Bend as the lights went out. Chris
Dittmann Racing's Jeremy Wahome made a quick start from the second
row and cut back down the inside of second placed starter Dane
Nicolai Kjaergaard into Druids. Contact was made between the pair
though and that caused a concertina effect, with Douglas
Motorsport's Jordan Cane being unfortunate to get caught up in the
accident.

That afforded the opportunity for those starting further back to
move up the order and Sowery took full advantage by gaining three
places to run third on the opening lap. The Carlin duo of James
Pull and Enaam Ahmed inhabited fourth and fifth whilst Ben Hingeley
made a storming start in his Fortec Motorsports machine, having
made up eight places to run sixth. Other fast starters including
Omar Ismail, moving up five places to seventh and Cameron Das and
Guilherme Samaia both gaining six places to run ninth and 10th
respectively.

A train began to form behind Kenyan Wahome, enabling Mahadik to
open up a small advantage at the front, but Sowery soon broke the
status quo as he made a brave move on the Chris Dittmann Racing man
at Sheene. That released the multiple British F3 race-winner who
soon began setting a number of fastest laps to close the gap to
Mahadik ahead.

Cameron Das dropped down the order after being forced to pit
with a puncture, whilst on track, his Carlin team-mate James Pull
attempted to pass Wahome around the outside at Paddock Hill. Pull
ran wide however, flirting with the gravel, and Ben Hingeley took
advantage to move up yet another position to fourth.

Sowery meanwhile had closed the gap to the leader Mahadik and
after sizing him up, made a successful switchback through Paddock
Hill and slid up the inside of the Indian at Druids to seize the
lead. As the cars behind came through the same corner, Ben Hingeley
made his move for the podium positions around the outside of
Wahome, but the Brit and the Kenyan came to blows, with Hingeley
ending up in the gravel and out of the race. Wahome continued on
but dropped down the order to fifth, with Pull and Ahmed promoted
to third and fourth respectively. After the race, Wahome was
excluded from the results for driving in a manner incompatible with
general safety owing to the incident.

Further round the lap, Chase Owen made contact with the rear of
Guilherme Samaia, sending the Brazilian off into the gravel at
Stirlings and thus the Safety Car was called for. After a brief
period recovering the two stranded Tatuus-Cosworth cars, the Safety
Car peeled back into the pitlane and Sowery made a brilliant
restart, gapping the field behind as he turned into Paddock Hill.
Omar Ismail meanwhile passed team-mate Wahome to move up to fifth
whilst Pull pressured Mahadik for second.

In the closing stages, Sowery stretched his lead to over five
seconds whilst Mahadik fended off Pull well and as the chequered
flag came out after 14 laps, the order remained unchanged.

In post-race scrutineering, Toby Sowery's car failed the
eligibility criteria and thus was excluded from the race results.
The Clerk of the Course was satisfied that this was due to an error
and not an attempt to gain an unfair advantage. Sowery's fastest
lap from race two was also discounted and he will therefore line-up
fourth for race three. That meant that Mahadik, on his return to
the UK's premier single-seater championship, took his maiden win in
British F3, with Pull second and Ahmed third. Fourth went to Omar
Ismail with Jamie Chadwick fifth, Chase Owen sixth and Callan
O'Keeffe seventh. The top-10 was rounded out by Manuel Maldonado,
Nick Worm and Cameron Das.

The third and final race of the weekend on the majestic full
Grand Prix circuit at Brands Hatch gets underway at 17:00 with
Enaam Ahmed on pole position. You can follow all the action through
live timing and updates on the official BRDC British F3
website.